Glossary WXYZ

Web Design & Development

W

W3C (The World Wide Web Consortium)
The World Wide Web Consortium develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential as a forum for information, commerce, communication, and collective understanding.

WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get)
A WYSIWYG editor or program is one that allows an interface or content developer to create a graphical user interface or page of text so that the developer can see what the end result will look like while the interface or document is being created.

X

XML (eXtensible Markup Language)
A programming language/specification developed by the W3C. XML is a pared-down version of SGML, designed especially for Web documents. It enables Web authors and designers to create their own customized tags to provide functionality not available with HTML. (see W3C, XML, SGML & HTML)

Y

Yahoo!
A directory of World Wide Websites organized in a hierarchy of topic categories.

Z

Zine (electronic magazine)
The nickname for an electronic magazine. Also referred to as e-zine.

ZIP
An open standard for compression and decompression used widely for PC download archives. Commonly referred to as a "ZIP file," it can hold one or many files as well as a directory structure. After you download the file you need to use a decompression software program to "UNZIP" the file.

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